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As if our gas prices are not high enough. The state of Colorado now claims that they need to raise the taxes on gas. Seems that because cars use less gas now, they are not collecting enough revenue to maintain the roads.


Minnesota just went through a $6.6B tax increase that includes almost $.06/gallon increase in taxes on gas. The dems ***** about people not being able to afford their mortgage, then they slap the same people with more taxes. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />

And then you have Congress, in their infinite wisdom, yelling at the oil companies about profits... which are relatively low when compared, in percentage of revenue, to the rest of the market. But you'll note that Congress NEVER mentioned they are making 2-3 times as much per gallon in taxes as the oil companies are in profit.

The time has come to stop the environmental BS and take advantage of our own natural resources. The shale in CO, the 4.4 billion (estimated) barrels in ND, off shore in the gulf, etc. Last I heard, we could keep solvent on ERL for over 200 years.

Yet we're not allowed to touch it.

Brian K. Gallus
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